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OSCE Kosovo Mission helps sustain Bosnian-language education

Kosovo Bosniak students at the Faculty of Education in Prizren take a pedagogy test on 28 April 2009. The OSCE Mission is helping to improve their education by facilitating co-operation between the Faculty and universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

With assistance from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the Faculty of Education in Prizren is co-operating with universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to help tackle a shortage of teachers in the Bosnian language.

ODIHR helps transfer war crimes knowledge from The Hague to local courts

Prosecution staff at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) prepare a case. (Photograph provided courtesy of the ICTY.)

An ODIHR initiative is helping to ensure that the experience amassed by the international tribunal in the Hague in trying war crimes in the former Yugoslavia will fully benefit the national jurisdictions in the Balkans who will continue its work.

OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit works with Austrian students on counter-terrorism strategy

Austrian students discuss counter-terrorism in a workshop led by Raphael Perl (centre r), Head of the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit and Mehdi Knani (centre l) during the Win2 Conference on the Future in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, 15-17 May 2009. (E-Caterva)

Austrian students attending a weekend conference in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, devised a national strategy for combating terrorism in a workshop held by the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit.

First Armenian-language Model OSCE tackles environmental issues

Students discuss during the Model OSCE conference in Armenia, Yerevan, May 2009 (OSCE)

The first Armenian-language Model OSCE organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in Gyumri, Armenia on 8 and 9 May 2009, which focussed on environmental issues and a territorial dispute, was a resounding success despite failure to reach consensus.

Interview: monitoring war crimes trials and building the justice system

Kristijan Turkalj is the Head of the Croatian Justice Ministry's Department for the EU and Human Rights, 27 April 2009. (OSCE)

In this interview, Kristijan Turkalj, Head of the Croatian Justice Ministry's Department for the EU and Human Rights, talks about the progress and achievements so far of the country's justice system.

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